Cultivator.



C. H. ANDERSON.

CULTIVATOR.

APPLIUATION IILED NOV. 1a, 1913.

1,1 02,381 Patented July 7, 191% 111' WITNEJJEJ a j vvf/vroR B) ATTY.

THE NORRIS PETERS C0 PHOTO LITHLIv WASHINGTON. l) C CLARENCE H. ANDERSON, 0F ST..PETER, MINNESOTA.

CULTIVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J lily? 191 1.

Application filed November 18, 1913. Serial N 0. 801,610.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLARENCE I-I. Arman soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Peter, in the county of Nicollet and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators, of which the following is a specificatlon.

This invention relates to improvements in riding atachments for cultivators and its object is to produce a device of this class in which the seat is so supported and connected to the frame of the machine as to transmit the minimum jolt to the rider as it passes over irregular ground surfaces.

Another object is to provide a device of this class in which the seat is permitted a movement vertically, independent of the cultivator and also a limited movement about a fixed point whereby the rider is better able to stand sudden startingor stopping of the device.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the combina-.

tion and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described in the following specification, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of said specification and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved cultivator. Fig. 2 is a detail of the spring seat-support used. Fig. 3 is a plan.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

1 is a cultivator having the wheels 2, 2, and a U-shaped axle 3 upon the inverted base of which the tongue 4: is carried. Near each extremity of the U-shaped axle a clamp 5 carries pivotally as at 6 a supporting rod 7, the opposite end of which is secured to the seat 8. The rods 7 are connected together by a strap 9 to which one end of a reach rod 10 is secured, the opposite end of said rod passing through an aperture inthe end of a brace 11, secured to the tongue 4:, of greater diameter than the rod 10. To the tongue 4 a yoke 12 is secured which at each end carries a spring 13 that also engages one of the rods 7 to flexibly support the same.

In operation any jar or jolt of the axle 3 will impart a vertical movement to the seat through the medium of the rods 7 and springs 13 while a sudden stop will tend to move the seat forward or through a tiny arc of the circle which would be described by the rotation of the rod 7 about its pivotal point 6.

WVhat is claimed is:-

In a cultivator provided with a wheeled U-shaped axle whereby the tongue is carried, a seat, rods pivotally supported connecting said seat and axle, a flexible support carried by said tongue engaging said rods and a reach rod pivotally supported by said rods and slidably supported by said tongue and connecting said rods and said tongue.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLARENCE H. ANDERSON.

Witnesses F. S. G'UNTZ, HAROLD OVERN.

Copies 01' this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

